College of Nursing - Graduate Nursing Brochure

4 | Nova Southeastern University Letter from the Dean NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY’S College of Nursing will help you prepare for what’s next on your career path, offering licensed nurses greater options for future advancement. Whether you are looking to move into a leadership role or you are already in a leadership role, but want to specialize or advance, NSU offers programs that can enhance your nursing career. Through unique, interdisciplinary curricula emphasizing system’s thinking and interprofessional collabora- tion, the college is educating students to become tomorrow’s nursing leaders in the dynamic health care industry in Florida and beyond. Graduate programs at the College of Nursing—including the nonclinical master’s degree, clinical master’s degree, clinical doctoral degree, and Ph.D. with a focus on nursing education—are offered in an online, integrated classroom or in a hybrid format, depending on the degree and concentration choice. Dedicated and experienced faculty members create an engaging academic environment to help students reach their full potential. Students learn by using the latest educational technology. They have access to an array of current literature options, as well as patient simulators with programmable vital signs and voice, heart, lung, and bowel sounds and standardized patients. All of the degree programs also include a practicum experience involving application of learned knowledge with a researcher or in a selected health care site. For nurses seeking a master’s degree, NSU offers a nonclinical M.S.N. degree with concentrations in nursing education, health systems leadership, and nursing informatics. For students who wish to enhance their provider role, NSU offers a clinical M.S.N. degree with a major in the advanced practice registered nurse (A.P.R.N.) role. The clinical M.S.N. degree prepares the graduate to take the national certification examination to become a family or gero-adult acute care nurse practitioner. For nurses who wish to obtain doctoral degrees, NSU offers the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.), preparing them to advance their A.P.R.N. role or build on their clinical aggregate role as a nurse in administration, quality assurance, and community and public health. NSU also offers a Ph.D. in Nursing in a completely online educational format. I invite you to explore our programs and see the resources the college offers to support your success. You’ll discover innovative educational programs that will enrich your life and enhance your career. Marcella M. Rutherford, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S.N. Dean